WWW source code sold for $5.4 mn

A blockchain-based token, representing the original source code for the World Wide Web (WWW), written by its inventor Tim BernersLee, sold for $5.4 million at Sotheby’s in an online auction last month. The source code was sold in the form of a non-fungible token (NFT) –a kind of crypto asset which records ownership of digital items. The winning bidder will remain anonymous, but that could change if the buyer steps forward. The NFT was created by the English scientist, Mr Berners-lee, in 2021 and represents ownership of various digital items from when he invented the World Wide Web in 1989.